There is no pleasure comparable to making a vow in the presence of one who
appreciates that vow, in the presence of men who honor and appreciate you for
making the vow, and men who admire you for making the vow. There is only one
pleasure higher than that, and that is to get outside and break the vow. A vow
is a pledge of some kind or other for the protection of your own morals and
principles or somebody else's, and generally, by the irony of fate, it is for
the protection of your own morals.
- Speech, 16 June 1899
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